Common use of Brokerage Transactions Clause in Contracts

Brokerage Transactions. The Adviser will, as appropriate, select broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Funds and will monitor each Sub-Adviser's selection and use of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Funds. All purchase and sale orders will be placed with broker-dealers who are selected by the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser as able to provide "best execution" of such orders for the Funds. "Best execution" shall mean prompt and reliable execution at the most favorable securities price, taking into account the other provisions hereinafter set forth. Whenever the Adviser places orders, or directs the placement of orders, for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities on behalf of each Fund, in selecting brokers or dealers to execute such orders, the Adviser is expressly authorized to consider the fact that a broker or dealer has furnished statistical, research or other information or services that may enhance the Adviser's research and portfolio management capability generally. It is further understood in accordance with Section 28(e) of 1934 Act that the Adviser may use a broker whose commissions on transactions may exceed the commissions that another broker would have charged for effecting the transactions, provided that the Adviser determines in good faith that the amount of commission charged was reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage and/or research services (as defined in Section 28(e)) provided by such broker, viewed in terms either of each Fund or the Adviser's overall responsibilities to the Adviser's discretionary accounts.

Brokerage Transactions. The Adviser will, as appropriate, select broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Funds and will monitor each Sub-Adviser's selection and use of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Funds. All purchase and sale orders will be placed with broker-dealers who are selected by the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser as able to provide "best execution" of such orders for the Funds. "Best execution" shall mean prompt and reliable execution at the most favorable securities price, taking into account the other provisions hereinafter set forth. Whenever the Adviser places orders, or directs the placement of orders, for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities on behalf of each Fund, in selecting brokers or dealers to execute such orders, the Adviser is expressly authorized to consider the fact that a broker or dealer has furnished statistical, research or other information or services that may enhance the Adviser's research and portfolio management capability generally. It is further understood in accordance with Section 28(e) of 1934 Act that the Adviser may use a broker whose commissions on transactions that may exceed the commissions that another broker would have charged for effecting the transactions, provided that the Adviser determines in good faith that the amount of commission charged was reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage and/or research services (as defined in Section 28(e)) provided by such broker, viewed in terms either of each Fund or the Adviser's overall responsibilities to the Adviser's discretionary accounts.